White v. District of Columbia

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff in error was arrested, tried, and convicted in the police court of the District upon the charge of unlawfully leaving an automobile operated by him standing unattended upon a certain public street of the District without closing down the motor, in violation of the police regulations promulgated by the commissioners of the District.

It appears from the record that the accused was a mail collector employed by the Post Office Department, with the duty of collecting mail matter from the various public boxes located in buildings and upon the sidewalks of the…